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Exam Review
Guide for Students Preparing for End-of-Year Exams
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Language - English
10th Grade
05/29/2012

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Expository Writing
Definition
Writing intended to inform and explain a process such as a problem/solution, comparision/contrast, how-to,and cause/effect
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Plot Diagram
Definition
Visual guide used to plot the structure of a given reading selection (resembles the sign of a heart monitor)
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Exposition
Definition
The portion of a reading selection that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation
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Inciting Incident
Definition
The point in a reading selection when the central conflict is introduced
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Rising Action
Definition
All events leading up to the climax of a reading selection
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Resolution
Definition
The point in a reading selection when the conflict is resolved
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Denouement
Definition
The tying up of loose ends...when a story continues after the resolution
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Conflict
Definition
A struggle between opposing forces...there are five types
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Five Types of Conflict
Definition
*Man vs. Self
*Man vs. Man
*Man vs. Society
*Man vs. Nature
*Man vs. Supernatural
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External Conflict
Definition
When a character struggles against outside forces
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Internal Conflict
Definition
When a character struggles against troubles within himself or herself
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Foreshadowing
Definition
Clues within a literary selection that suggest events that have not yet occured but should be expected
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Characterization
Definition
The act of creating and developing a character
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Direct Characterization
Definition
When the author directly states a character's traits (i.e., blue eyes, insolent temper)
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Indirect Characterization
Definition
When the author shows the character's personality through his or her actions, thoughts, feelings, workds, appearance, or the observations of another character's reaction (i.e., his locker was a wreck...papers flying from it as the doors opened with no place to go = he was messy and disorganized)
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Protagonist
Definition
The character that readers would like to see suceed
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Antagonist
Definition
The character that urges other characters to do something other than what they would have intended...opposes the protagonist
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Flat Character
Definition
A character that only demonstrates a single trait...boring
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Round Character
Definition
A charcter that shows many traits...faults as well as virtues
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Dynamic Character
Definition
A character that develops and grows during the course of a story
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Static Character
Definition
a character that does not show any sign of change from the beginning of a story to the end
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Tone
Definition
The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject
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Point of View
Definition
The perspective from which a story is told...there are three types
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1st Person POV
Definition
The narrator is actually a participant in the story
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3rd Person Limited POV
Definition
The narrator tells only the thoughts and feelings of one character
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3rd Person POV
Definition
The narrator tells what he or she observes...they are outside of the action
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3rd Person Omniscient POV
Definition
The narrator is all-knowing and can tell not only what is happening but what the characters are thinking and feeling
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Narrator
Definition
The speaker or character who tells a story
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Suspense
Definition
The literary element that keeps the reader on the edge of his or her seat...makes them want to read more
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Tragedy
Definition
A work of literature...especially a drama...that results in a catastrophe for the main character
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Persuasive Writing
Definition
Writing that attempts to convice others to accept a position on an issue of concern for the writer
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Descriptive Writing
Definition
Language or writing that uses sensory details to capture a subject's attention...creates word pictures
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Narrative Writing
Definition
Writing intended to tell a story
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Plot
Definition
The sequence of events as they unfold in a given selection...the 1-2-3 order of events
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Fiction
Definition
Prose writing that tells about imaginary chacters, places, and/or events
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Nonfiction
Definition
Prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, and/or events
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Prose
Definition
One of the three major genres of literature that occurs in two forms: fiction and nonfiction...any writing other than Poetry and Drama
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Poetry
Definition
One of the three majory generes of literature...makes use of concise, musical, and emotionally charged language as well as imagery, figurative language, and musical devices
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Drama
Definition
A story written to be performed on the stage by actors...requirest he use of a script
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Allegory
Definition
A story with two or more levels of meaning...literal and symbolic
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Rhyme Scheme
Definition
A regular patern of rhyming words in a poem
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Biography
Definition
A form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person
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Autobiography
Definition
A form of nonfiction in which a writer tells his or her own life story
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Novel
Definition
A long work of fiction with more than one subplot and several themes
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Epic
Definition
A long narrative or narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes
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Iambic Pentameter
Definition
Basically ten syllables per line of poetry (2 beats per five feet...rhythm of the heart
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Rhyme
Definition
The repetition of sounds at the ends of words
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Setting
Definition
When and where...time and place of a given reading selection
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Alliteration
Definition
The repetition of initial (beginning) consonant sounds
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Assonance
Definition
The repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants
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Soliloquy
Definition
A long, empassioned speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on the stage
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Aside
Definition
A short speech deliverd by an actor which expresses that character's thoughts directly to the audience
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Words that imitate or evoke a sound
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Hyperbole
Definition
An extreme exaggeration
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Understatement
Definition
An statement that is obvious of a lesser degree than the circumstance being referenced
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Simile
Definition
A figure of speech in which "like" or "as" are used to make a comparison between two unlike ideas
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Metaphor
Definition
A figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else
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Personification
Definition
A figure of speech in which nonhuman subjects are given human characteristics
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Repetition
Definition
Teh use of any element of language...sounds, words, phrases, clauses, and/or sentences...for emphasis
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Imagery
Definition
Descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures by way of the senses (i.e., sight, sound, touch, teaste, smell)
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Figrues of Speech
Definition
Langauge not meant to be taken literally
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Musical Devices
Definition
Any element that appeals to the sense of hearing
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Irony
Definition
When something other than what is expected occurs...there are three types
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Three Types of Irony
Definition
*Verbal
*Situational
*Dramatic
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Verbal Irony
Definition
When words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant
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Situational Irony
Definition
When an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the character
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Dramatic Irony
Definition
When the reader knows something that the characters do not
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Connotation
Definition
The set of ideas associated with a sord that is in addition to that word's explicit meaning...impacted by our personal expereinces
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Denotation
Definition
The dictionary definition of a given word
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Theme
Definition
The lesson intended to be learned by the reader in a given reading selection
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Monologue
Definition
A shorter speech delivered to otehr actors by one character
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Symbolism
Definition
When one things represents another (i.e., eagle = freedom)
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Comedy
Definition
A play that has a happy ending for its main characters
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Stanza/Verse
Definition
Formal division of lines in a poem
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Act
Definition
Larger division of a play
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Scene
Definition
Smaller divisions of a play that make up Acts
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